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iLegendd:


Gradual decolonisation and total independence.

Meditating over this again, I think I might have to concur to your initial submission.

I see now, a big advantage to having a unifying language that is native to us. Funny enough, I do not know how best to put this "big advantage" to words, that other readers may understand.

Let me try:

The idea of a new language itself sends a message to the current generation and the ones to come. It says, "Hey, Everyone! We are doing away with our diverse cultures of old, and we will all be embracing a new one. This is the vision."

The "process" of learning this new language is symbolic. By consciously learning it, you are mentally concuring to the idea of a Unified Nigeria. And that mental acceptance gan gan, is the key to this unity that we seek.

I will look into China's case. I want to know if the theory is right or if this will not have the effect I think it will when it is implemented.

To suffice, I have changed my position and now leaning towards the idea of a native language instead of pidgin or English.

iLegendd:


Gradual decolonisation and total independence.

Using a modification of their language has no relationship with our dependence on them. We've been influenced by their clothing, their music, their culture of education, and more. Are we going to purge ourselves of all these in the name of decolonization and total independence?

Colonization is not necessarily a bad thing. Decolonization is not necessarily a good thing. I still struggle to see how using English or pidgin will, in any way, be detrimental to our unity.

If you remove Google, English, iPhone, Google Map, YouTube, American medicine, Tiktok, American movies, American technology, American cars, Western food, American Internet, American Dollar, ATM machine, etc. China will survive.

But remove those same things from Nigeria and see how me and you will become depressed instantly and life will become boring.

Perhaps, for a short while. Then, we will adapt, and continue to thrive, just as we always have.
Most importantly, none of these has any bearing on our use of pidgin as an official language. The point(s) you raised here is a new discussion entirely.

This English I'm using to reply you, remove it or its piding variations and watch how this communication will stop, but two Chinese people who have their different dialects will still continue to chat because of a unifier called Mandarin.

I know you'll say, "If we're both Igbos, Yorubas or Hausas, we'll still continue." That is true, but is that unification? No — it's ethnic and tribal.

The moment these two things are always interfering, we'll forever stay stagnant.

Let us not complicate that which is simple enough. The situations where we will have to "remove English and pidgin" are far-fetched.
We want the same thing. We just happen to have different opinion on minor issues:

You want a language exclusive to us, and you don't mind the number of years it will take to achieve this. I, on the other hand, want the most ideal option for the situation at hand. I do not see the big advantage of using a native language or the big disadvantage of using pidgin. There are a lot of things to tackle, we can't waste 100 years trying to solve the issue of unity (through language). Let's make pidgin official and move on to the next agenda.

CaveAdullam:

If at all we are going to pick a language, it shouldn't be an indigenous language but a common language - Pidgin English.

Pidgin English should be made official. Because as it stands it's a language accepted and understood by the majority.

Hmmmm.
I believed sticking to English was the most practical move. But with your suggestion, this might be an even better alternative. Most of us--educated and illiterate--already speak pidgin, so it is easily accepted and assimilated.

iLegendd:


People don't have anything on their plate apart from slavery. 80 years from now, they'll all be in their graves and those things on their plates become vanity, but the unity they built through an indigenous language is eternal. China did it.

The number of Chinese people that speak English (a foreign language) is more than the number of the real English owners, but does that stop them from having Mandarin, a unifier language? No. One day, every living been would want to learn Mandarin and it'll become the business language of the world.

Some implementations is not for you, but for you to know it so that you'll groom the coming generation.

The reason Nigeria struggles is because we don't have 50 to 100 year plan for the coming generation. We want whatever we learn to be used by us and us alone. We don't put the unborn into consideration.

You are spot on, sir.

Sadly, not many of us have the foresight you have. Y'all are a rare breed of human. For most of us, we can only see a step ahead. The idea of "your unborn children will reap it" is too far in the future to motivate us.

Given that you enforce this Unifying language, we have no choice but to learn. But that will take a generation before we get there. If we use English however, it shouldn't take us long.

I genuinely want to know your answer to this, "why not English?"

iLegendd:
What do you think are the 5 greatest distractions for Nigerian youths

and

5 greatest distractions or hindrance why Nigeria is still backward?

I find this an interesting topic for discussion.

Why is Nigeria Backward?

1. Last I checked, a presidential form costs 100 million naira. The political seats attract the wrong kind of people--those who see political offices as an investment. When someone pays 100 million for an office and he finally wins the election, his first course of action is recouping the money.

2. Great countries are built by great people. Great people are built by great education. We have one of the worst education system in the world. We should be more education focused than the rest of the world.

3. Most of the citizens are political illiterates. They say they don't care about politics, but politics cares a lot about them. We will have to imbibe politics in our education curriculum so the next generation cannot be swayed by sweet words, tribalism, and verbose promises.

4. Contentment should be cheap, and abundance should be subjected to market forces. If the food is cheap, the society is safe, and my people have a good place to sleep, you can steal all the billions in the world and they will still praise you. The most celebrated profession should be farming. And a lot of our budget should go into farming. Food has to be cheap!

5. Forget history, culture and roots. All those things are useless! We ought to burn the bridges with our past and rewrite for ourselves, a new way of life. By this, I mean-- one language, one culture, one tradition.

Why are the youths distracted?
1. Anti-intellectualism is celebrated. Why will I burn candles at school when I can show off my nipples on tiktok?

2. There is not much good in being hardworking. The world rewards smart work, not hard work. Sadly, most of us are not smart

3. Relationship and sex. It is good, but it eats up too much time.

4. Social Media. The dopamine is real

5. Religion. (For some)

iLegendd:
THIS WILL SAVE NIGERIA OR PUT US ON THE RIGHT PATH.
Drop your view for agreeing or disagreeing.

Why not English?

Learning a completely new language will take a generation. My people have too much on their plate, they do not have such leisure.

COURVOISier:
She meant 27 thrusts.

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Divepen1:
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Seun:
If you help a man, he will appreciate it for a long time. If you forget, he will remind you. It is as if he owes you a debt. The guy that helped me to bring back Nairaland in 2014 could do no wrong in my eyes until last year. And even now, you won't catch me saying anything against him.

If you help a woman, she will appreciate it for a short time. A day. A week. A month. Then it's as if you never helped her. It's history. Your help is like a subscription. Once it expires, you can be ghosted. Unless you renew it. And there are many subscribers, so stop feeling as if yours was such a big deal. 😭

Kinda looked here and there and i've come to a conclusion not to help anybody, man or woman.
Charity? NO!
Pious giving? NO!
Help anyone? NO!
Let's be honest, most of the time, the helper gains nothing.

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I wanna buy the umidigi a9 pro.

Any samsung vendor here?

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bamasite2:
The foundation of the strike is faulty!
The right time to strike was when the subsidy was removed in a [i]hurry[/[i] without enough measures to cushion the effects.

And the floating of the dollar, which although is a good thing, the masses are not ready for it,.and most.dont understand it. Because what they understand are the price tags!

Price tags and purchasing power are what matters!

emoboy4u:
Be the judge

Jimneighbour:
forget about appraisal, get a good domain and sell

OCEANS7:
Here's...

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Bosses in the house, which Nigerian mastercard works currently for buying domains on dynadot?

The one I tried ain't working.

Still hiring.

odutolu1:



You're crazy OP. This is 2023. You must be crazy. I'm currently on a 70K thesis project. The term is 180K for the project. It's very low but had to take it because it's for an NGO. Then I'm seeing this....

In the spirit of "2023", why don't you create a thread and share the source of your thesis gigs with these people so they can get handsome payments like you?

I will personally and gladly forward all the applications I've received on this to you odutolu1.

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Trymeagain:


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Agugbadin:
#19000 is just $25,where in this world that school charge 25USD as tuition fee only in Nigeria this is too cheap. Even the #190000 is too cheap that is about 250 USD.

The calculation of a man that lacks sanity.

Nigerians earn in naira not dollars.